mod. weird; terrible. : There was an unearthly smell coming out of the kitchen.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
One of these fights features strange calisthenics and unearthly shrieks.
What is thrilling in this eerie episode is the staging of the nocturnal rallies, the jangle of the strange, unearthly sounds.
Those qualities have created an almost unearthly landscape that is as beautiful as it is desolate.
For all its unearthly beauty, however, the exposed brain leaves little doubt that it is alive.
But then she proved her unearthly power beyond a doubt.
Since his theme is unearthly, the unearthly form becomes it.
Though he never performed the kind of miracle needed to be officially canonised, his power was close to unearthly.
To newcomers, this is what you often see making unearthly splashes in lakes.
Now far belowground, it still brims with water, clear and unearthly blue.
Below, and to one side, stretched a lake of almost unearthly blue.